Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has revealed that Robin van Persie has handed in a transfer request at Manchester United. Lawrenson, who now works as a pundit for Match of the Day, made the claim on an Irish radio.

It's probably just me, but at the beginning of this season are more teams beginning to realise that going out to win games and merely 'not losing' is the mentality you need to succeed in the Premier League?

After a successful career at Liverpool, Mark Lawrenson has gone on to become one of the country's top football pundits and will be co-commentating tonight on England's crunch Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia at Wembley, which is exclusively live on BBC1 from 7.30pm.

Kevin Keegan. No, really. Not Mark Lawrenson. Kevin Keegan. He once had it all â a glittering football career, a packed trophy cabinet and long, lustrous curly tresses which were the envy of every Eighties’ housewife. But now Kevin Keegan has become the holder of a very different possession â the world’s fastest haircut. The […]